🏆 Nominations now open for 40 Over 40 Awards!
We're looking for people who are making Charlotte better in a variety of ways and sectors, all over town
Help us find and recognize unheralded leaders — who are in their 40s, 50s, 60s or beyond
The Charlotte Ledger is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for The Charlotte Ledger 40 Over 40 Awards, Presented by U.S. Bank!
Now in its fifth year, the 40 Over 40 Awards recognize difference-makers in our community who are in their 40s and beyond. Unlike other award programs in Charlotte, which seek to recognize young up-and-comers or well-recognized leaders who already have walls full of plaques, our 40 Over 40 awards celebrate people who have gone largely unrecognized — hard-working, dedicated folks who have taken the lessons from their 20s and 30s and applied them in their 40s, 50s, 60s and even further.
In addition — and we hate that we have to say this nowadays — our 40 Over 40 awards are not a pay-to-play operation. There’s no nomination fee, no corporate shakedowns to buy tables or to shell out for expensive congratulatory ads, for instance. We outsource the contest judging to an independent panel without regard to which nominees might have deep pockets. (We can’t imagine doing it any other way.)
You can help us find and recognize 40 more people this year. Whether the winners are in their 40s or in their 90s, we’re hoping to identify folks who are making Charlotte better in a variety of ways and sectors, all over town — in business and education, nonprofits and healthcare, entrepreneurship and voluntarism.
Winners of last year’s Charlotte Ledger 40 Over 40 Awards, at a fun 1980s-themed celebration at the Charlotte Museum of History last April.
Nominations close Feb. 21, the judges will get to work, we’ll announce the winners in March and have a genuinely fun celebration on April 30.
It all costs money, though, and we are fortunate to have a few sponsors who agree with the vision of the 40 Over 40 awards and are helping underwrite the event. U.S. Bank is back as the title sponsor, and Ducie Stark — Residential Real Estate Broker with Dickens Mitchener returns as a gold-level sponsor, so thank you to both of them. If you or your company would like to help recognize and celebrate unsung leaders in our community, please reach out to support@cltledger.com, and Brie or Allison on our team will be happy to talk with you.
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